Display container



Sept. 20, 1932- H. w. BLQCK ET AL 1,878,813

DISPLAY'CONTAINER Filed July ,16 1950 FIG. 2

INVENTORS HERMAN w. BLOCK mm Bsmmw H. CHRISTENSON ATTORNEY PatentedSept. 20, 1932 HERMAN w. BLOCK, or NEW YORK, AND BERNARD onRIsrENso -orNon'rn wnrrn PLAINS, NEW Yon-K, ,ASSIGNORS r s. STEIN & co., on NEWYORK, N. Y.

DISPLAY ooN'raI ERL Application filed July 16,

be positioned within the container so as to eliminate or reduce thedanger ofcrushing the material samples either from the weight ofsuperposed material samples, or from the weight of containers orsimilar'burdens piled on top of the case within which the samples arehoused.

-Merely to protect material samples of this type against crushing duringtransportation is not in itself sufficient; it is requisite thatthematerial be retained securely within the case so that it cannoteasily be separated therefrom, and further, though so secured, that itshould be accessible and visible without any diflicultyand that thesheets holding the material should be capable of being laid down flat sothat no substantial shadows will fall on the material from the sheetsthemselves to detract from the appearance of the samples when ondisplay.I g

It is an object of this invention to provide a container for permanentlyretaining and displaying high-piled crushable materials, of the typehereinabove set forth, in which the several portions of the containerare so constructedas'to protect such materials against crushing andpermit the materials to retain their raised effect during transportationthereof so as to be ready for display at practically any time.

It isa further object of this invention to provide, ina container of thetype herein-'- aboveset forth, means for retaining material samples ofthe type specified which, when it is desired to display the fabrics, maybe disposed entirely flat sothat the fabrics may be shown closed.

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viewed in their entirety without the interference of shadows from'bentup retaining devices and inwhich the individual samples are easily andconveniently'accessible for eX- aminati'on. i

Itis an additional object of this invention to provide a display casefor fabricsof the type hereinabove set forth, simply and economicallymanufactured, which permits a 3 full and'unhindered'view of each andevery samplecontained in said case.

Other objects of this invention; will be apparent from the" descriptionhereinafter, or will be specifically pointed out hereini The inventionis not intended to 5 be restricted to the construction and arrangementof partsjherein shown and described, nor to the various details thereof,as the same may be modified in various particulars without departingfrom the spirit: and scope of the invention, one practical embodiment ofwhich has been herein illustrated and described without attempting toshow all of the various forms and modifications in which the inventionmightbe embodied. i

' In the accompanying drawing, in which is shown one' of the variouspossible illustrative embodiments of this invention, I

' Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a display vcase embodyingtheinvention, the case being shown with the cover'thereof. open andportions thereof broken away.

Fig; 2is a transverse vertical sectional View, through said displaycase, the cover being In the embodiment of the invention appear ing onthe drawing,.the display case is seen to include a bottom 12 at the sideedges ofwhich rise the side walls 14'. An end wall 16 has an edgethereof hingedly secured at one end to anend edge of the bottom, and hasthe cover.18 hingedly connected to the other edge thereof. Retainedwithin the container are a plurality of sheets 20, preferablyin the formof bound pages, for a purpose hereinafter appearing. r

The bottomend wall and the flat body portion 21 of the cover are made ofsubstantially the'same material, .preferably of some light strongmaterial. such as heavy cardboard, fibre board, or the like It isdeslrable that these parts have a high degree of rigidity because of thestrains which it is intended these parts should resist. The side wallsdue, as is set forth more fullyhereinafter, to the load which it isintended that they shall withstand, are made of material heavier incross-section than that utilized for the bottom, end wall and cover;These pieces of material are secured in any suitable manner, at theextreme side edges of the bottom.

' A preferred method of assembly involves gluing an end face of the.side wall against.

the top face of the bottom, the increased thickness of the wall-materialproviding a greater gripping area for retaining thetwo bodiessecuredtogether. j V 1 t Preferably, theside walls and the bottom arefaced with a fabric 22, which is pasted thereto, and assists inretainingthese members in assembled relation. The fabric 22 may becontinuedhbeyond-the bottom to be" used as a facing forend' wall16,being pasted around the side edges of the end wall to retain the samesecurely, but flexibly, and vhingedly bonded with the bottom,with which.it requires no other connection. Preferably,

however, anotherfabric portion24 may be.

secured to the inner face of theend wall, the ends of thisfabric portionbeing then re+ tained under the ends of the linings of the cover andbottom, as hereinafter appears.

The cover 18-may likewise be provided with acontinuous fabric facing andlining 28, folded over the side edges of the cover, and at' the endthereofadjacent-the end wall, sealed over the other end of fabricportion 24. The construction in which the end wall is connected to thebottom and cover only by flexible material permits a substantial hingingaction between the adjacent partsat the joints 30 and 32, provided bythe free por-' tions of the fabric, lining or facing. By thisconstruction, when the cover is opened away from its closed position,the bottom, end wall and cover will be capable of alllying within thesame plane,for a purpose hereinafter appearing. 1 e I Secured to the endwall is any desired humber of groups o34v of substantially flexible 7sheets 20, preferably having considerable held in position, by thelinings 45 and 28 of the bottom andcover, respectively.

WVhen high piled fabrics are pasted or otherwise secured to the faces ofthe sheets, and the sheets are then closed together, as shown in Fig. 2,the tendency, due to the substantial: rigidity of the sheets, will be toprotect the fabrics against compression, the sagging of the pages beingcounteracted sufficiently'to prevent harm to the fabrics. However, dueto the arrangement of the sheets ,upon the end wall and the relation ofthe cover thereto when the cover is moved to open position, the end wallwill rest flat upon the same surface as the bottom and the cover and thesheets themselves may be opened out flat. The fabrics secured to thesheets are then open to view without interference from shadows thrownbythe sheets themselves, as in those cases where it was necessary to holdsuch sheets in an upright position. The visability of the sheet at anyan le thereto is not affected, since, the sheets lie fl at and thereareno obstructions.

v Portions 42 of fabric, such as overcoatings made of camels hair cloth,or similar delicate and/or high-piled fabrics, are secured to the facesof sheets, .either by pasting a smooth face of the fabric to the sheet,or by any other suitable method. Preferably, fabric portions are notsecured to opposite faces of adjacent sheets but are secured to thealternate faces so that when the cover and the sheets are closed, oneupon the other, no fabric portion willbe directly in abutment withanother. Upon the sheet face thus left free, there may be imprinteddescriptive matter concerning the portions upon the opposite face; it isalso intended to attach to such face labels 44 which are tobe used inthe trade to distinguish such material, and which labels may have anysuitable indicia, such as trademark or. the like, imprinted thereon.

The cover is of such width as to have the side edges thereof, whenclosed, disposed upon the upper free surfaces of the side walls so thatthe coveris supported thereon. The bottom, adjacent the end edges of theside walls and remote from the end wall and the. cover, is extendedbeyond the side walls .to provide a ledge 46 which cooperates with a lip48, extending downwardly from the covers. The lip is preferably formedof rigid material substantially-of the same thickness as the side walls,and may have an end. face thereof pasted to the face of the cover. Thefacing and lining of the cover is continued around the lip foradditional bonding of the lip and the cover. The lip rests upontheledge'in such-manner as to provide a firm additional support for thecover, retaining the same spaced relatively to material retained uponthe sheets within the container. In this manner, the cover is preventedfrom bearing-directly upon any of the fabrics retainedupon the sheets;the cover being thus supported both by the ledge and by its point ofrest upon the top edges of the side walls cansupport the Weight of othermembers which otherwise might tend to crush the cover into the caseagainst such materials. The case, however, still retains the property ofeasy accessibility to the materials therein; its construction permitsopening thereof to display to the best advantage materials thereincontained.

As many changes could be made in the construction herein involved, andmany widely diflerent embodiments of the invention designed withoutdeparting, from the scope of the invention, as defined in theaccompanying claims, the matter set'forth by the above description maybe interpreted as illustrative of an operative embodiment of theinvention and not in a limiting sense.

What we claim is:

1. A display container for high piled or similar delicate fabrics,constructed to protect the same against crushing, which includes: arigid frame consisting'of abottom and a pair of side walls secured toand extending upwardly from said bottom, a cover, a rigid end wall forsaid frame hingedly connecting said cover and said bottom, said coverand end wall being of sufficient width to rest upon the tops, andagainst the ends, respectively, of said side Walls, when in closedposition, and a plurality of fabric receiving members secured to saidend wall to lie within said container when said cover is closed, saidmembers having portions of said fabrics affixed thereto for displaypurposes, said members and said end wall being so positioned as to besubstantially flat when opened away from said frame, said bottomextending beyond said side walls, and said cover having a lip formedthereon, said lip, when said cover is in closed position, resting uponsaid bottom extension to maintain said cover in spaced relation to saidmembers and the fabric portions thereto aflixed.

2. A display container for high piled or similar delicate fabrics,construction to protect the same against crushing, which includes: arigid frame consisting of a bottom, and a pair of side walls secured toand extending upwardly from said bottom, a cover, a rigid end wall forsaid frame hingedly connecting said cover and said bottom, said coverand end wall being of sun.- cient width to rest upon the tops, andagainst the ends, respectively, of said side walls, when in closedposition, and a plurality of fabric receiving members secured to saidend wall to lie within said container when said cover is closed, saidmembers having portions of said fabrics aflixed thereto for displaypurposes, said members and said end wall being so positioned as to besubstantially flat when opened away from said frame, said bottomextending beyond said side walls, and

cludes: a rigid frame'consisting of a bottom, and a pair of side wallssecured to and extending upwardly from said bottom, a cover, a rigid endwall for said frame hingedly connecting said cover and said bottom, saidcover and end wall being of sufii- V cient width to rest upon the tops,and against the ends, respectively, of said side walls, when in closedposition, and a'plurality of fabric receiving members secured to saidend wall to lie within said'container when said cover is closed, saidmembers having porti ons of said fabrics afiixed thereto for displaypurposes, said members and said end wall being so positioned as to besubstantially flat when opened away from said frame, said bottomextending beyond said side walls, and said cover having a lip formedthereon, said lip, when said cover is in closed position, resting uponsaid bottom extension.

4. A display container for highpiled, or similar fabrics, constructed toprotectthe same against crushing, which includes: a rigid frameconsisting of a bottom, and a pair of side walls secured to andextending upwardly from said bottom, a cover, a rigid end wall for saidframe hingedly connecting said cover and said bottom, said cover and endWall being of suflicient width to rest upon the tops, and against theends, respectively, of said side walls, "when in closed position,

and a plurality of fabric receiving members secured to said end wall tolie within said container when said cover is closed, said members havingportions of said fabrics aflixed thereto for display purposes, saidmembers and said end wall being so positioned as to .be substantiallyflat when opened away from said frame, said bottom extending beyond saidside walls, and said cover having a lip formed thereon to cooperatetherewith.

I 5. A display container for high piled, or similar delicate fabrics,constructed to protect the same against crushing, which includes: arigid frame consisting of a bottom, and a'pair of side walls secured toand extending upwardly from said bottom, a cover, a rigid end wall forsaid frame hingedly connecting said cover and said bottom, said coverand end wall being: of sufficient width to rest upon the tops, andagainst the ends, respectively, of said side walls, when in closedposition, and a plurality of fabric receiving members secured to saidend wall to 'liewithin said container when said cover is closed, saidmembers having portions of said fabrics aftops of said side walls,

and a pair of sidewalls securedto and extend-- ing upwardly. from saidbottom, a cover, a rigid end wall for said frame ,hingedly connectingsaid cover and said bottom, said cover being of sufiicient width to restupon the when inclosed position, and a plurality of fabric receivingmembers secured .to said end wall to lie within said container when saidcover is closed, said .members having portions of said fabrics affixedthereto for dlsplay purposes, said members and said end wall being sopositioned as to be substantially fiat when opened away fromsaid frame.7

7, A display containerfor high piled,or

similar delicate fabrics, constructed to protect the same againstcrushing, which includes a rigid frame consisting of a bottom, and apair of side walls secured toand extending upwardly from said bottom, acover hinged at one end of said bottom and of suf-v fici'ent width to.rest upon the tops of said walls, when in closed position, and aplurality of fabric receiving members secured in said container betweensaid frame and said cover, said members having portions of said fabricsaffixed thereto for display purposes, and being so positioned as to besubstantially flat when opened away from said frame, said bottomextending beyond said side walls, and said cover having a lip formedthereon, said 7 lip, when said cover is in closedposition, resting uponsaid bottom extension to maintain said cover in spaced relation to saidmembers and the fabric portions thereto affixed. I

8. A display container for high piled or sir ilardelicatel fabrics,constructed to protect the same against crushing, which includes: arigidframe consisting of a bottom, and a pair of side walls secured to andextending upwardly from said bottom, a cover hinged at one end of saidbottom and of sufficient width to rest upon the tops of said side walls,when in closed position, and a plurality of fabric receiving memberssecured in said container between said frame and said cover, saidmembers having portions of said fabrics aflixed thereto for displaypurposes, and being so positioned as to be substantially fiat when saidcover isopened away from said frame, said bottom extending beyond saidside Walls,and said cover having a lip formed thereon, said lip, whenresting upon said bottom tain said cover in members. v V

9. A display container for high piled or spaced relation to said inclosed position, extens on to main- 7 nemesis and a pair of side wallssecured toand extending upwardly from said bottom, a cover hinged at oneend of saidbottom and of'suf ficient width to rest upon the tops of saidside walls, when in closed position, and a plurality of fabricreceiving' members secured in said container between said frame and saidcover, said members beingso positioned as to be substantially flat whenopened away from said frame, said bottom extending beyond said 'side'walls, and'said cover having a lip formed thereon, said lip when saidcover isin closedposition resting upon said bottom -extension tomaintain said cover in spaced relation to said members.

10. A display container for high piled or similardelicate fabrics,constructed to protect the same against .crushing, which includes: arigid frame consisting of a bottom andiagpair of side-walls securedtoand extending-upwardly from said bottom, a cover hinged at'ione endofsaid bottom and of sufficientwidth to rest upon the tops of said sidewalls, when in closed position, and a pluralityof fabric receivingmembers secured in said container between :said frame and said cover,said members being so positioned as to be substantially flat when openedaway from said frame, said bottom extending beyond said side walls,.a,ndsaid coverv having a lip formed thereon,said lip, when said cover is inclosed position, resting upon said bottom extension. 1

11. A display container for high-piled or similar delicate fabrics,constructed to protect the same against crushing which includes: rigidframe consisting of-a bottom and apair of side walls secured toandextending upwardly fromi said bottom, a cover hinged atoneend of saidbottom and of sufficient width to rest upon the tops of said side walls,when in'clos'ed position, and a plurality of fabric receiving memberssecured in said container betweensaid frame and said cover. said membersbeing sopositionedas to be substantially flat when opened away fronisaidframe, said bottom extending beyond said side walls, and saidcoverhavinga lip formed thereon to cooperate with said extension.

12, A display container for high piled or similar delicate fabrics,constructed to protect the sam'eagainst crushing, which includes: arigid frame consisting of a bottom and a pair of side walls secured toand extending upwardly from saidbottom, a cover, a rigid end wall forsaid frame hingedly con necting said cover and said bottom, and aplurality of fabric receiving members secured to said end wall to liewithin said container when said cover is closed, said members havingportions of said fabrics afiixed thereto for display purposes, saidmembers and said end wall being so positioned as to be substantiallyflat when opened away from said frame.

13. A display container for high piled or similar delicate fabrics,constructed to protect the same against crushing, which includes: arigid frame consisting of a bottom and a pair of side walls secured toand extending upwardly from said bottom, a cover, a rigid end wall forsaid frame hingedly connectihg said cover and said bottom, and aplurality of'fabric receiving members secured to said end wall to lieWithin said container when said cover is closed, said members havingportions of said fabrics affixed thereto for display purposes, and beingso positioned as to be substantially flat when opened away from saidframe.

14. A display container for high piled or similar delicate fabrics,constructed to protect the same against crushing, which includes: arigid frame consisting of a bottom and a pair of side walls secured toand extending upwardly from said bottom, a cover, a rigid end wall forsaid frame hingedly connecting said cover and said bottom, and aplurality of fabric receiving members secured in said container betweensaid frame and said cover, said members having portions of said fabricsaffixed thereto for display purposes, and being so positioned as to besubstantially flat when opened away from said frame.

15. A display container for high piled or similar delicate fabrics,constructed to protect the same against crushing, which includes: arigid frame consisting of a bottom, and a pair of side walls secured toand extending upwardly from said bottom, a cover hinged at one end ofsaid bottom and of sufficient width to rest upon the tops of said sidewalls, when in closed position, and a plurality of fabric receivingmembers secured in said container between said frame and said cover,said members being so positioned as to be substantially flat when openedaway from said frame.

16. A display container for high piled or similar delicate fabrics,constructed to protect the same against crushing, which includes: arigid frame consisting of a bottom and a pair of side walls secured toand extending upwardly from said bottom, a cover hinged at one end ofsaid bottom,- and a plurality of fabric receiving members, consisting offolded sheets secured, at the folds, in said container between saidframe and said cover, said members being so positioned as to besubstantially flat when opened away from said frame.

17 A display container for high piled or similar delicate fabrics,constructed to protect the same against crushing, which includes: arigid frame consisting of a bottom,

and a pair of side walls secured to and extending upwardly from saidbottom, a hinged cover for said frame, and a plurality of fabricreceiving members, consisting of folded sheets secured, at the folds, insaid container between said frame and said cover, said members being sopositioned as to be substantially fiat when opened away from said frame.

18. A display container for high piled or similar fabrics, constructedto protect the same against crushing, which includes: a rigid frame openat the top thereof, a hinged cover for said frame, and a plurality offabric receiving members, consisting of foldfabric receiving members,consisting of folded sheets secured, at the folds, in said containerbetween said frame and said cover, said members being so positioned asto be substantially flat when opened away from said frame.

In testimony whereof they their signatures.

HERMAN W. BLOCK. BERNARD H. CHRISTENSON.

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